ʻO ka rana lāʻau kaomi (Acris crepitans blanchardi) pili i ke kauoha o ka tailless, amphibians papa. Ua loaʻa iā ia ka inoa kikoʻī no ka hoʻohanohano o ka herpetologist ʻo Frank Nelson Blanchard.
A hiki i kēia manawa, ua manaʻo ʻia kēia ʻano amphibian he subspecies o nā Acris crepitans, akā ua hōʻike ʻia ka anamanaʻo o ka mitochondrial a me ka nukle DNA he ʻano ʻokoʻa kēia. Eia kekahi, nā mea ʻano ʻē aʻe o ka lawena a me ke kala ʻana o ka rana lāʻau kaomi e hiki ai ke hoʻokaʻawale i kēia laha ma ke ʻano he ʻauhau ʻokoʻa.
Nā hōʻailona kūwaho o kahi rana lāʻau kaomi ʻana.
ʻO ka rana lāʻau kaomi kahi liʻiliʻi (1.6-3.8 cm) i uhi ʻia me ka ʻili momona. ʻO nā wāwae hope he ikaika a lōʻihi e pili ana i ka nui o ke kino holoʻokoʻa. Ma ka ʻaoʻao dorsal, aia kekahi mau ʻano warty ma ka ʻili granular. He loli ke kala dorsal, akā hina maʻamau a ʻeleʻele. ʻO ka hapanui o kēlā me kēia kanaka he triangle pouli, kuhikuhi ʻia i ka hope, aia ma ke poʻo ma waena o nā maka.
Nui nā rana i kahi kaula brown, ʻulaʻula, a ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo. ʻO ka iwi ā luna he ʻāpana o nā ʻaoʻao ʻākau, ʻeleʻele. Nui nā kānaka i loaʻa kahi kaulike kaulike ʻole i ka ʻūhā. ʻO Belly me nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo a ʻulaʻula paha.
Eʻeleʻele ka ʻeke leo, i kekahi manawa e loaʻa ana i kahi melemele i ka wā hānau. Hoʻokomo ākea ʻia nā helu hope, me kahi palaka hoʻomohala maikaʻi ʻole, ʻeleʻele-ʻeleʻele a ʻeleʻele hoʻi, me nā tints ʻōmaʻomaʻo a melemele paha.
ʻO nā pads ma nā wēlau o ko lākou mau manamana lima aneane ʻike ʻole ʻia, no laila ʻaʻole hiki i nā rana ke pili i ka papa e like me kekahi ʻano amphibians.
ʻO Tadpoles me kahi kino elongated a me nā wili liʻiliʻi caudal. Aia nā maka ma hope.
ʻEleʻele ka huelo, māmā ma ka wēlau, nā ʻenuhe e hoʻomohala i nā kahawai me ka wai maʻemaʻe, ma ke ʻano he rula māmā.
Hoʻolahalaha o ka rana lāʻau kaomi.
ʻIke ʻia nā rana lālani ma Kanada ma ka ʻaoʻao o Ontario a me Mexico. Hoʻolahalaha nui ʻia kēia ʻano amphibian ma ka ʻākau o ka muliwai ʻo Ohio a ma ka hema o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ma ke komohana o ka muliwai ʻo Misisipi. Noho kekahi mau lehulehu ma ke komohana o ka Misisipi a hoʻokahi kanaka ma ka ʻĀkau o Kentucky ma ka ʻaoʻao hikina hikina. ʻO ka laulā o ka rana lāʻau kaomi ʻo: Arkansas, Colorado, Ilinoi, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Misisipi. A ʻo Missouri hoʻi, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Ohio. Noho ma South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin.
ʻO ka nohona o ka rana lāʻau kaomi.
ʻIke ʻia ka rana lāʻau ma kahi e loaʻa ai ka wai a ʻo ia ka ʻano amphibian ʻoi loa i ka nui o kā lākou pae. Noho ia i loko o nā loko wai, nā kahawai, nā kahawai, kekahi wai e neʻe lohi ana, a i ʻole nā kino wai ʻē aʻe. 'Aʻole like me nā rana liʻiliʻi' ē aʻe, makemake nā pā'ūlū lāʻau i nā kino wai mau ma mua o nā kiʻekiʻe a me nā poho. Hōʻalo ke kaomi ʻana i ka rana lāʻau i nā wahi ulu lāʻau.
Nā hiʻohiʻona o ka lawena o ka palaka lāʻau kaomi.
ʻO ke kaomi ʻana i nā rana lālani he mau mea hoʻokūkū lele ʻōpeku ʻApika. Ke hoʻohana nei i ko lākou mau lālā hope ikaika, ua ikaika lākou i ka honua a lele ma kahi o ʻekolu mau mika. Noho lākou ma ka lihi o ke kino wai i loko o ka palolo a lele koke i loko o ka wai ke hoʻoweliweli ke ola. ʻAʻole makemake nā rana lāʻau i ka wai hohonu, a ma kahi o ka luʻu ʻana e like me nā rana ʻē aʻe, ʻauʻau lākou i kahi wahi palekana ʻē aʻe ma kahakai.
E hoʻohua mai nei i nā rana lāʻau.
ʻO ke kaomi ʻana o nā rana lāʻau i ka lohi, i Iune a i Iulai paha, a ma hope hoʻi, akā lohe ʻia nā kāhea mai nā kāne mai Pepeluali a Iulai i Texas, mai ka hopena o ʻApelila a i waena o Iulai i Missouri a me Kansas, mai ka hopena o Mei a Iulai i Wisconsin. ʻO ke mele "mele" o nā kāne e like me ke kani "boom, boom, boom" a like me ke kīkē ʻana o nā pōhaku ʻelua i kekahi i kekahi. ʻO ka mea hoihoi, pane nā kāne i ka ʻiliʻili a nā kānaka e hoʻohua ai e hoʻohuli i nā rana. Kāhea pinepine nā rana lālau kāne i ke ao.
Hoʻomaka lākou e "hīmeni" me ka lohi, a laila hoʻonui i ko lākou wikiwiki i kahi mea hiki ʻole ke hoʻokaʻawale i nā hōʻailona leo o kēlā me kēia.
Hana nā wahine i nā lālau hua moa, a i 200 mau hua i kēlā me kēia paʻa. Hoʻomaʻamaʻa mau lākou i ka wai papau, kahi e mahana pono ai ka wai, ma kahi hohonu o 0.75 knm. Hoʻopili nā hua i nā mea kanu o lalo o ka wai i nā kolopa liʻiliʻi. Hana ʻia ka hoʻomohala i ka wai i nā mahana ma luna o iwakāluakūmālua kekelē. ʻO nā tadpoles ma kahi o hoʻokahi iniha ka lōʻihi ma hope o ka puka ʻana, a lilo i mau rana makua ma waena o 7 mau pule. Noho paʻa nā rana ʻōpiopio ʻōpiopio i ka hana no ka manawa lōʻihi a hibernate ma hope o nā rana makua.
ʻO ka meaʻai o ka rana lāʻau kaomi.
ʻO ke kaomi ʻana i nā rana lāʻau e ʻai ai i nā ʻano mea liʻiliʻi like ʻole: nā makika, nā midges, nā lele, i hiki iā lākou ke hopu. ʻAi lākou i kahi nui o nā meaʻai nui ʻole.
Nā kumu kūpono no ka nalo ʻana o ka rana lāʻau kaomi.
Ua hōʻole nui ʻo Acris crepitans blanchardi i nā ʻākau a me nā ʻaoʻao komohana o ka pae. Ua ʻike mua ʻia kēia emi ʻana i nā makahiki 1970 a hoʻomau a hiki i kēia lā. Ke kaomi ʻana i nā rana lāʻau, e like me nā ʻano amphibian ʻē aʻe, ʻike i ka hoʻoweliweli i kā lākou helu mai ka hoʻololi a me ka nalo o ka noho. Aia kekahi mahele o nā wahi noho, i hōʻike ʻia i ka hana kope ʻana o ka rana lāʻau kaomi.
Ke noi ʻana i nā pesticides, fertilizers, toxins a me nā mea haumia ʻē aʻe
ke hoʻololi i ke aniau, kahi hoʻonui i ka radiation ultraviolet a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka ʻike o nā amphibians i nā hopena anthropogenic ke alakaʻi nei i kahi hōʻemi o ka helu ʻana i nā rana lāʻau.
ʻO ke kūlana mālama o ka rana lāʻau kaomi.
ʻAʻohe o ke kaomi ʻana i nā rana lāʻau i kahi kūlana mālama kūikawā i ka IUCN, no ka mea, ua hoʻolaha nui ʻia ia ma ka hikina o ʻAmelika Hema a me Mekiko. Maliʻa paha he nui kēia o kēia ʻano a hāʻawi ʻia i nā ʻano o nā wahi. Ma kēia mau pae hoʻohālikelike, no ka laha ke kaomi ʻana i ka rana lāʻau, nona ka nui "hopohopo iki". Kūlana mālama - kūlana G5 (palekana). I nā kaiaolaola, mālama kēia ʻano amphibians i ka helu o nā kolo.
